The Milena Principle ontwikkelt "locative media". Voeg zelf een geluidslaag toe aan bepaalde locaties. Dank zij de gps-functie van je smartphone hoor je de audio exact op de plaats die je geprogrammeerd hebt. In het project 'Luistervinken' in Sint-Niklaas vertellen buurtbewoners en bezoekers over de stad, de natuur en het samen leven, en stellen zo een alternatieve, niet-toeristische audiogids samen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tzRuFIOPsI Presentatie op studiedag "Sociaal-cultureel werk in digitale transformatie" (9 juni 2016). www.themilena.com www.echoes.xyz www.notours.org

1. GEcomposer
Welcome to sonicPlanet Geocomposer
GeoComposer is a location based high quality
3D sonic augmented reality composer.
You can compose 3D soundscapes by
inserting sound objects directly on the map.
You can edit your sound parameters and
upload your finished piece to GeoComposer
library. It will become available to the world.
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2. GEcomposer
Anyone playing your piece with the GeoPlayer
will interact with these sound objects based on
current position and experience your
soundscape composition.
The sonicPlanet Geo apps do read your GPS
position and orientation and render the composed
3D soundscape accordingly.
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3. GEcomposer
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Please click on the app icon to
open and register as new user

4. GEcomposer
existing users
new users Attn: Please enter full & correct information in
order for us to keep your data safely and handle
upon your request.
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5. GEcomposer
After the login screen, the app
shows the work list screen.
If you want to composer a new
Geo piece press the “new”
button.
Get the list of your existing
Geo compositions.
You can press on a piece to load
it from the server to your iPhone
if you haven’t done yet.
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6. preparing the media files..GEcomposer
sound material art work files
Each Geo composed piece will have sound files and image
files organised in its work directory.
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7. GEcomposer
preparing the media files
audio material is prepared in pairs
within stereo mp3 files.
Right Channel
1
Left Channel
2
Sound Object A
Sound Object B
Right Channel
Left Channel Sound Object C
Sound Object D
………………… …………………
/soundfiles
The left and right channels
represent separate sound objects.
Above, there are actually 6 different
rain mono sound files, organised in
3 stereo mp3 files.
artwork image files (png)
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8. GEcomposer
you can transfer your
files easily with the
iTunes software
1. open iTunes and select your
iPhone at the above left.
2. select Apps on the list at the left
and select GeoComposer on the
Apps list.
3. Drag your ‘Sonicspace’ directory
which includes your work
directories and files from your
computer.
example work files:
www.sonicplanet.com/Geo/
BuzzBells
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9. GEcomposer
The GeoComposer document directory keeps the “Sonicspace” directory on the iPhone
/soundfiles artwork. png (640X640)
artwork2.png (640X1136)
stereo mp3 files
‘artist or publisher name’_’work title’
example case
artist/publisher name: sonicPlanet
work title: Rain
sonicPlanet_Rain
workspace directory name
It includes your work directory and the multimedia files inside it.
The structure is explained below.
the underscore is mandatory to
separate the artist and title name

10. GEcomposer ….after putting your work files
to your iPhone , you can launch
the app and log in if you didn’t
before.
Finally…
You will see the work list screen and
the next step will be composing your
piece with the uploaded files.
If you want to composer a new
Geo piece press the “new”
button.

11. GEcomposer
Enter the new piece information
same as you have defined the
workspace directory name.
For example; artist name:
‘sonicPlanet’
Project name: ‘BuzzBells’
type of the project
you can rename each object
when you enter the
artist&project name, this list
populates and automatically
reads these files on your
workspace directory

12. The project has 6 sound objects
delivered in 3 stereo files.
As you imagine, the first object
will have the name “BellA” and
the second will be called “BellB”.
When you are done, hit this
button to generate the layout
and switch to the next screen.
You can decide if the sound
objects will be visible on the
map or not.

13. GEcomposer
it is important to turn on play button
before switching to the editor screen
otherwise you will have no sound

14. GEcomposer
now position your iPhone in horizontal state
to switch to the editor display
your current position is shown on the map
this is also the listener position.

15. GEcomposer
now you can insert the sound objects which you have
put into the sound files directory of your work space.
just touch and hold 1sec. to insert a sound
object anywhere on the map.
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16. GEcomposer
The sound objects have several parameters which you can set here.
select the object by
clicking on it to edit its
parameters
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17. GEcomposer
You might need to click on this button to make the parameter sliders visible.
now it is in Hide mode

18. GEcomposer
this is the volume of the
sound object
Here you can choose
several behavior modes
for the sound object
each object you do insert
follows the names in the
list. So here the next
sound object will be BellB

19. GEcomposer
you can delete the
selected object by
pressing the button
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20. GEcomposer
After deleting an object, you
have to insert it to its new
position as the next step.
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21. GEcomposer if the object behavior is set to :
cont : Then the object will have constant volume
no matter how far it is from the listener.
natural : The object volume will be inverse
proportional to the distance from the listener.
inv-n : The object volume will be proportional to
the distance from the listener.
distance c : The object volume will be zero after
a certain distance set by the GPSactdistance
slider. Below this distance the object volume will
be inverse proportional to the distance from the
listener.

22. GEcomposer
this slider sets the
distance threshold in
meters. the dispersion slider sets how
fast/slow the volume of the object
decreases with the distance of the
object from the listener.
TIP : If you want to create an ambient
sound object, keep this value low so
that the object propagates its sound
in a larger area homogeneously. (like
the sun)
TIP : If you want to create a point like
sound object then keep this value
high. (like the street lamp)

23. GEcomposer
you can insert as many sound objects as you have put in
your workspace directory
You can activate the virtual
visiting mode where you
can drag the listener on
the map anywhere.
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24. GEcomposer
You can put the virtual
visitor on the map to test
the soundscape at various
points and orientations.
When you turn off the visiting mode, the
3D soundscape will be rendered
according to your current location.

25. GEcomposer
If you press directly the “T”
button after loading a piece,
you will be transferred
virtually to the piece
environment, where ever it is
on the world map.
a simple hint…..

26. GEcomposer
When you are done with the editor screen
go back to the player screen by reorienting
your iPhone to its vertical position.
In order to upload all the work data to the
server, hit the ‘upload’ button
otherwise you will loose your edits.

27. GEcomposer
The app will ask you whether this version
is a draft or the final edition ?
The draft version means, that it will not be visible to
the users of the GeoPlayer, since it is not finished.
Only you will see it and can edit it further.
The final version means that the piece is ready and
will be visible to GeoPlayer users as well.

28. GEcomposer
It is important that you wait until your work files get
totally uploaded on our servers. This circle shows
that the operation is still on.
Depending on your internet speed and file sizes, the
upload can take less than a minute or many minutes.

29. GEcomposer
1. If you want to delete a
loaded piece from your
iPhone in order to gain disk
space hit this button
2. turn this switch on.
3. click again to get
back to the work list

30. GEcomposer
when you click on any piece,
its contents will be erased
from the iPhone
It will also ask you whether to
erase it from the server.

31. GEcomposer
You can press the “Geo” button
to update the work list and see
your recently uploaded pieces.
You can load the pieces and anytime
edit them further.

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